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A virtual reality ‘Shopping Task’ could help test for cognitive decline in adults

28 January 2022

New research from Kent and Medway Medical School and the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience (IoPPN) at King’s College London suggests that a virtual reality test in which participants ‘go to the shops’ could offer a potentially promising way of effectively assessing functional cognition, the thinking, and processing skills needed to accomplish complex everyday activities.

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Dr Nick Woznitza awarded MBE for services to the NHS and radiography

31 December 2021

Dr Nick Woznitza, Senior Lecturer in the School of Allied and Public Health Professions, has been awarded an MBE in the Queen’s New Year Honours List for services to the NHS. In particular, for his clinical and academic leadership skills in diagnostic radiography in response to the Covid-19 pandemic.

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Imagining future guilt helps athletes turn away from doping

15 December 2021

Appealing to athletes’ sense of ‘future guilt’ through psychological intervention could prove a powerful weapon in the fight against doping, according to a new study.

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Sidney De Haan Research Centre launches dynamic new webinar series

10 December 2021

Following the recent appointment of Professor Persephone Sextou as Centre Director, the Sidney De Haan Research Centre for Arts and Health (SDHRC) is launching a dynamic new research webinar series ‘Health Through Arts: Connecting People and Communities’.

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Planting roots to celebrate the Kent and Medway Medical School

10 December 2021

The recently established Kent and Medway Medical School (KMMS) has been celebrated with the recent planting of 50 trees on the University of Kent’s Canterbury campus and outside the Verena Holmes Building on Canterbury Christ Church University campus.

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Vice-Chancellor Professor Rama Thirnamachandran, Nasr Khiri MedSoc, Founding KMMS Dean Chris Holland & Paul Smallwood & George Kirby

Principal Lecturer honoured in top 50 kindness leaders in UK

17 November 2021

Mary Brown, Principal Lecturer in the School of Nursing, Midwifery and Social Work, has been recognised as one of the top 50 leaders in the UK to lead with kindness.

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Alumnus recognised for commitment to Mental Health Nursing

02 November 2021

Former Mental Health Nursing student, Alex Richardson, has been nominated for a prestigious national nursing award for his work in setting-up a befriending service to reduce loneliness in the community.

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Alexander Richardson, Mental Health Nursing alumnus

Majority of councils in Kent and Medway support students at new Medical School

24 August 2021

Our local councils in Kent and Medway have been quick to recognise the impact the new Kent and Medway Medical School (KMMS) will have on their communities, as well as the importance of recruiting a medical workforce more representative of the community it serves. More than half of these councils are now generously supporting local students to access and complete a medical education, by providing a philanthropic scholarship to a promising student from their own region.

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Sidney De Haan Research Centre secures major funding from the Oak Foundation

09 August 2021

The Sidney De Haan Research Centre for Arts and Health has secured a new grant from the Oak Foundation for a six-year period – September 2020 to August 2026.

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Pioneering research in Diagnostic Radiography

27 July 2021

For more than 30 years Dr Keith Piper has been leading and developing pioneering research in Diagnostic Radiography, playing a key role in the development of clinical reporting by radiographers since its inception in the mid-1990s. He has presented at academic conferences across the globe, and has been awarded the Fellowship of the Society and College of Radiographers in recognition of his outstanding contribution to radiography.

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